They focus too much on the sections of the old testament that condemn homosexuality. Then they take the passages word for word, and use the claim that they are "doing it out of love" to justify their actions, despite the fact that in the New Testament the rules from the old testament were called old and should not be followed.

They are convinced that literally any association with homosexuals makes you just as bad, that and they realize that if they protest a child's funurel then more people will hear about it and their message is seen by more people.

The westboro baptist church believes that god is allowing bad things to happen to america (dead soldiers, dead children, dead innocent people in general, etc.) as punishment for americans allowing gay people to live among us. Their signs usually say stuff like "god hates fags". Fortunately there are plenty of counter protests against these asshats.

Believe it or not, the Westboro Baptist Church is not the only Church group that pickets these events, they're just the most famous because they've been doing it the longest and have particularly screwed up signs like "God Hates Dead Soldiers". There's a religious group that pickets local conventions and events around here, who don't have downright ****** up signs like "God hates you", but stuff like "Your ways are a sin and the evil from Satan". An aside: First time I saw them I was like, "**** yes, this made the convention so worth it" because people were doing **** like pelvic-thrust-gesturing them, taking pictures with them, and one guy even brought a Stereo blasting loud Dethklok and Devildriver to drown out their megaphones while we all headbanged in unison. It was all legal because nobody threatened to/did break any laws around them. Was a lot of fun ******* around with those morons.